Month: October 2017

Bravos de FC Juarez will be looking to acquire 3 more points on the season and take sole possession of first place in the general standings table when they face Cimarrones FC tonight at home. The match is scheduled to kick off at 7 pm local time at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium. The match is a anticipated to be a highly competitive one as the team from the state of Sinaloa is currently in 5th place.

Meanwhile, Bravos is looking to remain undefeated at home this season as in 5 matches played in this 2017 Apertura season. The team from the Borderland has won 3 matches and tied two at home so far this season.

With only 4 matches remaining in the regular season Bravos are looking to finish this final home stretch of the regular season accumulating as many points as possible. Over the course of the week all of the players interviewed by the media prior to or after the team’s training session acknowledged the same themes, secure one the top seeds in the playoffs and making some fine tune adjustments in order the for team to go into the post season in the best form possible.

Tonight’s match will be broadcast in Spanish on Radio Deportiva 1560AM.

Bravos de FC Juarez defeated Atlante in Cancun, Quintana Roo on Friday night by a score of 1-0. This most recent victory gives the Bravos 21 points on the 2017 Apertura Season of the Ascenso MX league. This is good enough to be tied for the most points in the league after 11 matches with another club. However, the team from the Borderland is officially in second place in the general standings table behind Alebrijes de Oaxaca due to goal differential.

The lone goal of the match came in the 78th minute of the match when FC Juarez was awarded a penalty kick. Leandro Carrijo put the ball in the back of the net for what would be the match winning goal. The penalty kick was a lucky break for FC Juarez as they played with 10 men at the time after Jonathan Lecerda was given a red card for a second yellow card in the 68th minute of the match.

Up next for the Bravos will be a tough match when they host Cimmarones FC on Saturday night at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium. Cimmarones is currently in 4th place with 17 points on the season. The match is scheduled to start at 7pm local time. As always the match will be broadcast in Spanish on Radio Deportiva 1560 AM.

The chickens came home to roost last night in Trinidad & Tobago as the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This wasn’t a surprise. At least no to me. The writing has been on the wall for a long time, at bare minimum 2 World Cup cycles.

Now, if no one wanted to see it or acknowledge it over the course of that time that’s a whole other story.

For the longest time, in matches or in competitions that matter, you have had a U.S. national side that comes to get a result in the closing minutes always after falling behind (I refer you to last two World Cups), and what do they get labeled as??? The “comeback kids”, a side that never gives up until the end, the “tenacious Americans”.

How about you call them what they really are, a national team that isn’t very good, a team that will get taken pillar to post with great regularity. Simply put a soccer program that has FAILED to develop into a legitimate contender at the world level despite having countless resources.

Only now after tragedy has hit do you see members of the national media here in the states refer to what occurred in the Caribbean last night at a “embarrassment” and “failure”. Problem is, those adjectives in their analysis have come too late.

That degree of criticism should be a part of soccer in this country and it should come from both fans and media members a like so that accountability in the U.S. Soccer Federation can increase. Fans and members of the media have to stop solely looking at results as the measuring stick, but how those results are acquired.

Countless times has the USMNT won looking down right poor as far as how the team functions on the field of play. Okay, they may have won, it doesn’t mean you are a good team.

Yes the game of soccer is funny like that, but it is absolutely true and people in this country have to come to grips with that reality and the sooner they do the better off the United States will be as a soccer nation.

Soccer teams (clubs and national teams) the world over will be criticized ad nauseam even after winning titles. We need a whole lot more of that here in the states.

Oh and while we are at it, lets stop trying to “grow” the damn game. Stop parading and showcasing the USMNT around this country while the U.S. Soccer Federation, the MLS and Soccer United Marketing (SUM) line their pockets at the expense of the competitive well being of the USMNT.

All of these exhibition matches and summer tours to “grow” the game against inferior opponents like the Honduras, Panamas and Trinidad & Tobago’s of the world have only benefited teams like those I just mentioned not the Stars and Stripes.

Hence, 2 of those 3 teams I mentioned are going to Russia while the Americans will stay home watching it on Fox who happened to pretty much lose a significant portion of the 500 million dollars they paid for broadcasting rights due to the American’s FAILURE.

Bravos de FC Juarez were defeated by the score of 3-1 Saturday night by Venados FC in Merda, Yucatan. The loss put the Bravos in a 3-way tie for first with 18 points, but are technically in 3 place of the general standings table due to goal differential.

The Bravos were able to equalize the 1-0 deficit in the 34th minute when Ian Arellano’s left footed strike from inside the goal box found the back of the net. Venados would answer and retake the lead 2-1 ten minutes later. The final goal of the match would come in the 88th minute, giving the Bravos only their second defeat of the 2017 Apertura Season.

Up next for the Bravos will be another match on the road versus Atlante. The match will take place in Cancun, Quintana Roo. The team from the Borderland will remain in Mexican Riviera over the course of this week preparing for their match next Saturday night.

Necaxa defeated Bravos de FC Juarez by a score of 2-0 in an exhibition match Wednesday night at Southwest University Park.

The goals for the club from the city of Auguascalientes came in the 51sth and 86th minutes. The goals were scored by Martin Barragan and Matias Fernandez respectively. This was the fifth time in a row that the Bravos have been defeated by Necaxa in the club’s short history.

The match was more exciting than most people expected, especially for an exhibition match. Both teams created plenty of chances on goal and put on a highly competitive match, particularly in the first half when both teams came out with a majority of their starters.

Despite the result, FC Juarez head coach Miguel Fuentes declared after the match that his team met the objectives that he set out for this match. Fuentes commented, “We were able to play all of the players we intended to. Because of injury some players had not seen much action and they were able to do so tonight. Tonight the team continued doing what we have been working towards which is to create chances on goal with regularity and create a controlling flow to any match.”

Up next for FC Juarez will be a league match in Merida, Yucatan versus Venados FC on Saturday night. The Bravos will train Thursday evening at 6pm and fly out Friday morning to the Yucatan Peninsula in a trip that will most likely take a majority of the day.

Southwest University Park in downtown El Paso will be showcased bi-nationally on the ESPN family of networks tonight when the park in downtown El Paso will host the exhibition soccer match between FC Juarez and Necaxa. ESPN will televise the match both in United States and Mexico.

For people across the United States (and in El Paso) the match will be shown on ESPN Deportes, while people in Mexico and in certain countries across Latin America will be able to watch the game on ESPN 2.

This is just another example of the type of exposure the soccer team from the Borderland will give the region. This kind of exposure will undoubtedly increase and be amplified if and when the Bravos are promoted to Liga MX, Mexico’s premiere soccer division.

Bravos de FC Juarez will try to defeat Necaxa for the first time in the club’s history tonight when they face off in an exhibition match at Southwest University Park in downtown El Paso. So far in the Bravos short history they have faced Necaxa 4 times, losing all 4 matches.

The most recent and probably most painful defeat for FC Juarez out of the 4 matches took place May 21, 2016 when Necaxa defeated the Bravos here in the Borderland by a score of 2-0 in 2015-2016 Ascenso MX Promotion Final. This victory project Necaxa to Liga MX, Mexico’s first division soccer league.

Despite tonight’s match being an exhibition match at the home of the Chihuahuas, fans will be entertained by a highly competitive match in which the team from the Borderland will fight for the victory.

These teams currently find themselves amongst the best teams in their respective leagues. Bravos are in first place in the general standings table of the Ascenso MX League, while Necaxa finds itself in 7th place in the Liga MX, good enough to be in the playoff zone with 6 matches left.

Both teams will look to benefit from the this match tonight. FC Juarez will look to fine tune its strategy to apply it in the home stretch of the regular season and enter the playoffs in peak form.

Necaxa will look to maintain rhythm since they will not see any action this weekend due to FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Head coach for Necaxa, Ignacio Ambriz was nothing but complimentary of FC Juarez and their head coach Miguel Fuentes. Upon arriving to the Borderland yesterday afternoon, the Necaxa head coach commented, “It is going to be a complicated match against the first place team of Ascenso MX League and personally speaking, I have always like all of the teams that Miguel coaches. They are always very dynamic.”

Tonight’s match will be broadcast on Radio Deportiva 1560 AM. Coverage will begin at 6pm.

The entire Family Four Pack will receive only (1) one tub of popcorn voucher.

Seats located in Sections 214-216 (Upper Corner Obstructed).

College students will also be able to enjoy discounted tickets simply by presenting their valid student id when they purchase their ticket at the stadium box office.

Everyone will be able to enjoy $2 12 oz Estrella Jalisco Beer and Picadillo Tacos as that will be an extra food and beverage special that will be available for all of the soccer fans in attendance. The special will begin when gates open at 6 pm and last until 30 minutes after the match kicks off.

Bravos de FC Juarez will face first division team Necaxa Wednesday night at Southwest University Park in an exhibition match. The match was originally set to keep both teams in form during to the stoppage in league play for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers that will take place this upcoming weekend.

With the earthquake that struck Mexico City a couple of weeks ago forcing the Mexican Soccer Federation to suspend all matches 2 weekends ago, this decision put a change and possibly even a strain on the circumstances for this exhibition match between the team from the Borderland and Necaxa.

The Bravos will now have to travel to Merida, Yucatan this weekend to make up the match versus Venados FC that was suspended. Because of this the team will remain in competitive form over the course of the week leaving many to wonder, “what is even the point of this match?”.

When asked this past Saturday after the FC Juarez win against Tampico Madero, head coach, Miguel Fuentes commented the following, “This match is going to do the team good. We will manage two different squads over the two 45 minute periods and try some things and ideas to improve the team. If this was an official match where we would have to played all 90 minutes with the same squad and only 3 substitutions then it would be another story. We still feel this is an important match. It is always important to play versus a first division rival and to showcase our club in El Paso…”.

Fuentes continued, “Fortunately right now we have several players coming back from injury and they need competitive minutes to gain form and rhythm so therefore this match benefits us greatly.”

The match versus Necaxa is scheduled to kickoff at 7 pm. Tickets are available at the Southwest University Park box office and at www.southwestuniverisitypark.com

Bravos de FC Juarez defeated Tampico Madero by a score of 1-0 to solidify their first place position in the general standings table of the Ascenso MX League on Saturday night. The win by the minimal difference also extended the Bravos undefeated streak to 7 matches.

The match that developed at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium on Saturday night can be described as dynamic and vertical. Both teams opened themselves to a constant attack resulting in a lot of chances on goal being generated by both teams.

The lone goal would come from Lucas da Silva in the 88th minute of the match when he would take a right footed strike from just inside the Tampico Madero goalbox.

This win put the team from the Borderland in 1st place by 1 point over Dorados de Sinaloa.

Up next for FC Juarez is an exhibition match versus Necaxa at Southwest University Park in El Paso on Wednesday night. The next league match will be against Venados FC in Merida, Yucatan this coming Saturday.